Tube line closed for rest of year because of staff shortages due to Covid

The Waterloo & City line will be suspended from Thursday until early January amid surging Omicron cases in the capital

The announcement from TfL on Wednesday is further evidence of how Omicron which is estimated to be responsible for more 90 per cent of Covid cases in the capital, is forcing thousands of Londoners to isolate.

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